THE FOOD OF THE GODS
AND HOW IT CAME TO EARTH
By H.G. Wells
CONTENTS
THE FOOD OF THE GODS.
BOOK I. — THE DAWN OF THE FOOD.
CHAPTER THE FIRST — THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD.
CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM.
CHAPTER THE THIRD. — THE GIANT RATS.
CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — THE GIANT CHILDREN.
CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON.
BOOK II — THE FOOD IN THE VILLAGE.
CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE COMING OF THE FOOD.
CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE BRAT GIGANTIC.
BOOK III. — THE HARVEST OF THE FOOD.
CHAPTER THE FIRST. — THE ALTERED WORLD.
CHAPTER THE SECOND. — THE GIANT LOVERS.
CHAPTER THE THIRD. — YOUNG CADDLES IN LONDON.
CHAPTER THE FOURTH. — REDWOOD’S TWO DAYS.
CHAPTER THE FIFTH. — THE GIANT LEAGUER.
THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND
And Other Stories
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
I. — THE JILTING OF JANE.
II. — THE CONE.
III. — THE STOLEN BACILLUS.
IV. — THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID.
V. — IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY.
VI. — AEPYORNIS ISLAND.
VII. — THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON'S EYES.
VIII. — THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS.
IX. — THE MOTH.
X. — THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST.
XI. — THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM.
XII. — UNDER THE KNIFE.
XIII. — THE SEA RAIDERS.
XIV. — THE OBLITERATED MAN.
XV. — THE PLATTNER STORY.
XVI. — THE RED ROOM.
XVII. — THE PURPLE PILEUS
XVIII. — A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.
XIX. — THE CRYSTAL EGG.
XX. — THE STAR.
XXI. — THE MAN WHO COULD WORK MIRACLES.
XXII. — A VISION OF JUDGMENT.
XXIII. — JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD.
XXIV. — MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART.
XXV. — A DREAM OF ARMAGEDDON.
XXVI. — THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS.
XXVII. — THE NEW ACCELERATOR.
XXVIII. — THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT.
XXIX. — THE MAGIC SHOP.
XXX. — THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS.
XXXI. — THE DOOR IN THE WALL.
XXXII. — THE COUNTRY OF THE BLIND.
XXXIII. — THE BEAUTIFUL SUIT.
THE SLEEPER AWAKES
A Revised Edition of “When the Sleeper Wakes”
By H.G. Wells
1899
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
THE SLEEPER AWAKES
CHAPTER I. — INSOMNIA
CHAPTER II. — THE TRANCE
CHAPTER III. — THE AWAKENING
CHAPTER IV. — THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
CHAPTER V. — THE MOVING WAYS
CHAPTER VI. — THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
CHAPTER VII. — IN THE SILENT ROOMS
CHAPTER VIII. — THE ROOF SPACES
CHAPTER IX. — THE PEOPLE MARCH
CHAPTER X. — THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
CHAPTER XI. — THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
CHAPTER XII. — OSTROG
CHAPTER XIII. — THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
CHAPTER XIV. — FROM THE CROW’S NEST
CHAPTER XV. — PROMINENT PEOPLE
CHAPTER XVI. — THE MONOPLANE
CHAPTER XVII. — THREE DAYS
CHAPTER XVIII. — GRAHAM REMEMBERS
CHAPTER XIX. — OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
CHAPTER XX. — IN THE CITY WAYS
CHAPTER XXI. — THE UNDER-SIDE
CHAPTER XXII. — THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
CHAPTER XXIII. — GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
CHAPTER XXIV. — WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
CHAPTER XXV. — THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
THE STOLEN BACILLUS AND OTHER INCIDENTS
By H.G. Wells
1895
CONTENTS
THE STOLEN BACILLUS
THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID
IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY
THE TRIUMPHS OF A TAXIDERMIST
A DEAL IN OSTRICHES
THROUGH A WINDOW
THE TEMPTATION OF HARRINGAY
THE FLYING MAN
THE DIAMOND MAKER
AEPYORNIS ISLAND
THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON’S EYES
THE LORD OF THE DYNAMOS
THE HAMMERPOND PARK BURGLARY
A MOTH—GENUS NOVO
THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST
MR. BRITLING SEES IT THROUGH
By H. G. Wells
1916
CONTENTS
BOOK I — MATCHING'S EASY AT EASE
MR. DIRECK VISITS MR. BRITLING
MR. BRITLING CONTINUES HIS EXPOSITION
THE ENTERTAINMENT OF MR. DIRECK REACHES A CLIMAX
MR. BRITLING IN SOLILOQUY
THE COMING OF THE DAY
BOOK II — MATCHING'S EASY AT WAR
ONLOOKERS
TAKING PART
MALIGNITY
IN THE WEB OF THE INEFFECTIVE
BOOK III — THE TESTAMENT OF MATCHING'S EASY
MRS. TEDDY GOES FOR A WALK
MR. BRITLING WRITES UNTIL SUNRISE
NOCTURNE
By Frank Swinnerton
1917
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION BY H.G. WELLS
PART ONE
CHAPTER I: SIX O’CLOCK
CHAPTER II: THE TREAT
CHAPTER III: ROWS
CHAPTER IV: THE WISH
PART TWO
CHAPTER V: THE ADVENTURE
CHAPTER VI: THE YACHT
CHAPTER VII: MORTALS
CHAPTER VIII: PENALTIES
CHAPTER IX: WHAT FOLLOWED
CHAPTER X: CINDERELLA
PART THREE
CHAPTER XI: AFTER THE THEATRE
CHAPTER XII: CONSEQUENCES
CERTAIN PERSONAL MATTERS
By H.G. Wells
CONTENTS
THOUGHTS ON CHEAPNESS AND MY AUNT CHARLOTTE 7
THE TROUBLE OF LIFE 12
ON THE CHOICE OF A WIFE 18
THE HOUSE OF DI SORNO 22
OF CONVERSATION 27
IN A LITERARY HOUSEHOLD 32
ON SCHOOLING AND THE PHASES OF MR. SANDSOME 36
THE POET AND THE EMPORIUM 40
THE LANGUAGE OF FLOWERS 45
THE LITERARY REGIMEN 49
HOUSE-HUNTING AS AN OUTDOOR AMUSEMENT 54
OF BLADES AND BLADERY 59
OF CLEVERNESS 63
THE POSE NOVEL 67
THE VETERAN CRICKETER 71
CONCERNING A CERTAIN LADY 76
THE SHOPMAN 80
THE BOOK OF CURSES 85
DUNSTONE'S DEAR LADY 90
EUPHEMIA'S NEW ENTERTAINMENT (this is illustrated) 94
FOR FREEDOM OF SPELLING 98
INCIDENTAL THOUGHTS ON A BALD HEAD 104
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OF A BOOK UNWRITTEN 108
THE EXTINCTION OF MAN 115
THE WRITING OF ESSAYS 120
THE PARKES MUSEUM 124
BLEAK MARCH IN EPPING FOREST 128
THE THEORY OF QUOTATION 132
ON THE ART OF STAYING AT THE SEASIDE 135
CONCERNING CHESS 140
THE COAL-SCUTTLE 145
BAGARROW 150
THE BOOK OF ESSAYS DEDICATORY 155
THROUGH A MICROSCOPE 159
THE PLEASURE OF QUARRELLING 164
THE AMATEUR NATURE-LOVER 164
FROM AN OBSERVATORY 174
THE MODE IN MONUMENTS 177
HOW I DIED 183
ANTICIPATIONS
OF THE
REACTION OF MECHANICAL AND SCIENTIFIC
PROGRESS UPON HUMAN LIFE
AND THOUGHT
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
I. Locomotion in the Twentieth Century
II. The Probable Diffusion of Great Cities
III. Developing Social Elements
IV. Certain Social Reactions
V. The Life-History of Democracy
VI. War in the Twentieth Century
VII. The Conflict of Languages
VIII. The Larger Synthesis
IX. Faith, Morals, and Public Policy in The Twentieth Century
Erratum
TEXT-BOOK OF BIOLOGY
By H. G. Wells
With An Introduction by G. B. Howes,
Part 1.-- Vertebrata.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Preface
The Rabbit--
1. External Form and General Considerations
2. The Alimentary Canal of the Rabbit
3. The Circulation
4. The Amoeba, Cells and Tissue
5. The Skeleton
6. Muscle and Nerve
7. The Nervous System
8. Renal and Reproductive Organs
9. Classificatory Points
10. Questions and Exercises
The Frog--
1. General Anatomy
2. The Skull of the Frog
(and the Vertebrate Skull generally)
3. Questions on the Frog
The Dog-Fish--
1. General Anatomy
2. Questions on the Dog-Fish
Amphioxus--
1. Anatomy
2. The Development of Amphioxus
3. Questions on Amphioxus
Development--
The Development of the Frog
The Development of the Fowl
The Development of the Rabbit
The Theory of Evolution
Questions on Embryology
Miscellaneous Questions--
Note on Making Comparisons--
Syllabus of Practical Work--
{Contents part 2}
Key for Dissection Sheets, and Abbreviations--
TALES OF SPACE AND TIME
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
The Crystal Egg 1
The Star 35
A Story of the Stone Age 59
A Story of the Days to Come 165
The Man who could Work Miracles 325
SELECT CONVERSATIONS WITH AN UNCLE
(now extinct)
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
OF CONVERSATION AND THE ANATOMY OF FASHION
THE THEORY OF THE PERPETUAL DISCOMFORT OF HUMANITY
THE USE OF IDEALS
THE ART OF BEING PHOTOGRAPHED
BAGSHOT'S MURAL DECORATIONS
ON SOCIAL MUSIC
THE JOYS OF BEING ENGAGED
LA BELLE DAME SANS MERCI
ON A TRICYCLE
AN UNSUSPECTED MASTERPIECE
THE GREAT CHANGE
THE PAINS OF MARRIAGE
A MISUNDERSTOOD ARTIST
THE MAN WITH A NOSE
THE PASSIONATE FRIENDS
By H. G. WELLS
CONTENTS
CHAP.
I. Mr. Stratton to his Son
II. Boyhood
III. Intentions and the Lady Mary Christian
IV. The Marriage of the Lady Mary Christian
V. The War in South Africa
VI. Lady Mary Justin
VII. Beginning Again
VIII. This Swarming Business of Mankind
IX. The Spirit of the New World
X. Mary Writes
XI. The Last Meeting
XII. The Arraignment of Jealousy
ADVERTISEMENTS
NEW WORLDS FOR OLD
A PLAIN ACCOUNT OF MODERN SOCIALISM
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
THE GOOD WILL IN MAN 1
THE FUNDAMENTAL IDEA OF SOCIALISM 22
THE FIRST MAIN GENERALIZATION OF SOCIALISM 28
THE SECOND MAIN GENERALIZATION OF SOCIALISM 58
THE SPIRIT OF GAIN AND THE SPIRIT OF SERVICE 91
WOULD SOCIALISM DESTROY THE HOME? 117
WOULD MODERN SOCIALISM ABOLISH ALL PROPERTY? 140
THE MIDDLE-CLASS MAN, THE BUSINESS MAN, AND SOCIALISM 165
SOME COMMON OBJECTIONS TO SOCIALISM 188
SOCIALISM A DEVELOPING DOCTRINE 221
REVOLUTIONARY SOCIALISM 235
ADMINISTRATIVE SOCIALISM 260
CONSTRUCTIVE SOCIALISM 278
SOME ARGUMENTS AD HOMINEM 308
THE ADVANCEMENT OF SOCIALISM. 343
THE WIFE OF SIR ISAAC HARMAN
H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
Introduces Lady Harman
The Personality of Sir Isaac
Lady Harman at Home
The Beginnings of Lady Harman
The World according to Sir Isaac
The Adventurous Afternoon
Lady Harman learns about Herself
Sir Isaac as Petruchio
Mr. Brumley is troubled by Difficult Ideas
Lady Harman comes out
The Last Crisis
Love and a Serious Lady
UNDERGROUND MAN
By Gabriel Tarde
(1843-1904)
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTORY
I. PROSPERITY
II. THE CATASTROPHE
III. THE STRUGGLE
IV. SAVED
V. REGENERATION
VI. LOVE
VII. THE ÆSTHETIC LIFE
NOTE ON TARDE By JOSEPH MANCHON
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILIZATION
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. The Probable Future of Mankind 1
II. The Project of a World State 42
III. The Enlargement of Patriotism to a World State 68
IV. The Bible of Civilization; Part One 95
V. The Bible of Civilization; Part Two 118
VI. The Schooling of the World 139
VII. College, Newspaper and Book 166
VIII. The Envoy 193
Index 199
THE WONDERFUL VISIT
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
page
I. The Night of the Strange Bird 1
II. The Coming of the Strange Bird 4
III. The Hunting of the Strange Bird 8
IV. 11
V. 13
VI. The Vicar and the Angel 17
VII. 28
VIII. 31
IX. Parenthesis on Angels 35
X. At the Vicarage 38
XI. 42
XII. 45
XIII. The Man of Science 50
XIV. 55
XV. The Curate 61
XVI. 66
XVII. 72
XVIII. After Dinner 76
XIX. 86
XX. 88
XXI. 93
XXII. Morning 97
XXIII. The Violin 101
XXIV. The Angel Explores the Village 106
XXV. 112
XXVI. 115
XXVII. 122
XXVIII. Lady Hammergallow's View 127
XXIX. Further Adventures of the Angel in the Village 135
XXX. 141
XXXI. Mrs Jehoram's Breadth of View 148
XXXII. A Trivial Incident 154
XXXIII. The Warp and the Woof of Things 156
XXXIV. The Angel's Debut 160
XXXV. 178
XXXVI. 182
XXXVII. 183
[Pg viii]XXXVIII. The Trouble of the Barbed Wire 186
XXXIX. 192
XL. Delia 195
XLI. Doctor Crump acts 199
XLII. Sir John Gotch acts 208
XLIII. The Sea Cliff 213
XLIV. Mrs Hinijer acts 217
XLV. The Angel in Trouble 221
XLVI. 225
XLVII. The Last Day of the Visit 229
XLVII. 234
XLIX. 239
L. 241
LI. 244
LII. 247
The Epilogue 248
BOON, THE MIND OF THE RACE, AND OTHERS
by Herbert George Wells
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION 5
CHAPTER THE FIRST
THE BACK OF MISS BATHWICK AND GEORGE BOON 9
CHAPTER THE SECOND
BEING THE FIRST CHAPTER OF "THE MIND OF THE RACE" 43
CHAPTER THE THIRD
THE GREAT SLUMP, THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS, AND THE GARDEN BY THE SEA 64
CHAPTER THE FOURTH
OF ART, OF LITERATURE, OF MR HENRY JAMES 84
CHAPTER THE FIFTH
OF THE ASSEMBLING AND OPENING OF THE WORLD CONFERENCE ON THE MIND OF THE RACE 129
CHAPTER THE SIXTH
OF NOT LIKING HALLERY AND THE ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE DISCOURAGEMENT OF LITERATURE 173
CHAPTER THE SEVENTH
WILKINS MAKES CERTAIN OBJECTIONS 189
CHAPTER THE EIGHTH
THE BEGINNING OF "THE WILD ASSES OF THE DEVIL" 223
CHAPTER THE NINTH
THE HUNTING OF THE WILD ASSES OF THE DEVIL 255
CHAPTER THE TENTH
THE STORY OF THE LAST TRUMP 295
A SHORT HISTORY OF THE WORLD
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
CHAPTER Page
I. THE WORLD IN SPACE 1
II. THE WORLD IN TIME 5
III. THE BEGINNINGS OF LIFE 11
IV. THE AGE OF FISHES 16
V. THE AGE OF THE COAL SWAMPS 21
VI. THE AGE OF REPTILES 26
VII. THE FIRST BIRDS AND THE FIRST MAMMALS 31
VIII. THE AGE OF MAMMALS 37
IX. MONKEYS, APES AND SUB-MEN 43
X. THE NEANDERTHALER AND THE RHODESIAN MAN 48
XI. THE FIRST TRUE MEN 53
XII. PRIMITIVE THOUGHT 60
XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF CULTIVATION 65
XIV. PRIMITIVE NEOLITHIC CIVILIZATIONS 71
XV. SUMERIA, EARLY EGYPT AND WRITING 77
XVI. PRIMITIVE NOMADIC PEOPLES 84
XVII. THE FIRST SEA-GOING PEOPLES 91
XVIII. EGYPT, BABYLON AND ASSYRIA 96
XIX. THE PRIMITIVE ARYANS 104
XX. THE LAST BABYLONIAN EMPIRE AND THE EMPIRE OF DARIUS I 109
XXI. THE EARLY HISTORY OF THE JEWS 115
XXII. PRIESTS AND PROPHETS IN JUDEA 122
XXIII. THE GREEKS 127
XXIV. THE WARS OF THE GREEKS AND PERSIANS 134
XXV. THE SPLENDOUR OF GREECE 139
XXVI. THE EMPIRE OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT 145
XXVII. THE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY AT ALEXANDRIA 150
XXVIII. THE LIFE OF GAUTAMA BUDDHA 156
XXIX. KING ASOKA 163
XXX. CONFUCIUS AND LAO TSE 167
XXXI. ROME COMES INTO HISTORY 174
XXXII. ROME AND CARTHAGE 180
XXXIII. THE GROWTH OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE 185
XXXIV. BETWEEN ROME AND CHINA 196
XXXV. THE COMMON MAN’S LIFE UNDER THE EARLY ROMAN EMPIRE 201
XXXVI. RELIGIOUS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER THE ROMAN EMPIRE 208
XXXVII. THE TEACHING OF JESUS 214
XXXVIII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF DOCTRINAL CHRISTIANITY 222
XXXIX. THE BARBARIANS BREAK THE EMPIRE INTO EAST AND WEST 227
XL. THE HUNS AND THE END OF THE WESTERN EMPIRE 233
XLI. THE BYZANTINE AND SASSANID EMPIRES 238
XLII. THE DYNASTIES OF SUY AND TANG IN CHINA 245
XLIII. MUHAMMAD AND ISLAM 248
XLIV. THE GREAT DAYS OF THE ARABS 253
XLV. THE DEVELOPMENT OF LATIN CHRISTENDOM 258
XLVI. THE CRUSADES AND THE AGE OF PAPAL DOMINION 267
XLVII. RECALCITRANT PRINCES AND THE GREAT SCHISM 277
XLVIII. THE MONGOL CONQUESTS 287
XLIX. THE INTELLECTUAL REVIVAL OF THE EUROPEANS 294
L. THE REFORMATION OF THE LATIN CHURCH 304
LI. THE EMPEROR CHARLES V 309
LII. THE AGE OF POLITICAL EXPERIMENTS; OF GRAND MONARCHY AND PARLIAMENTS AND REPUBLICANISM IN EUROPE 318
LIII. THE NEW EMPIRES OF THE EUROPEANS IN ASIA AND OVERSEAS 329
LIV. THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE 335
LV. THE FRENCH REVOLUTION AND THE RESTORATION OF MONARCHY IN FRANCE 341
LVI. THE UNEASY PEACE IN EUROPE THAT FOLLOWED THE FALL OF NAPOLEON 349
LVII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATERIAL KNOWLEDGE 355
LVIII. THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 365
LIX. THE DEVELOPMENT OF MODERN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL IDEAS 370
LX. THE EXPANSION OF THE UNITED STATES 382
LXI. THE RISE OF GERMANY TO PREDOMINANCE IN EUROPE 390
LXII. THE NEW OVERSEAS EMPIRES OF THE STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY 393
LXIII. EUROPEAN AGGRESSION IN ASIA, AND THE RISE OF JAPAN 399
LXIV. THE BRITISH EMPIRE IN 1914 405
LXV. THE AGE OF ARMAMENT IN EUROPE, AND THE GREAT WAR OF 1914-18 409
LXVI. THE REVOLUTION AND FAMINE IN RUSSIA 415
LXVII. THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RECONSTRUCTION OF THE WORLD 421
CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE 429
INDEX 439
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
Luminous Spiral Clouds of Matter
2
Nebula seen Edge-on
3
The Great Spiral Nebula
6
A Dark Nebula
7
Another Spiral Nebula
8
Landscape before Life
9
Marine Life in the Cambrian Period
12
Fossil Trilobite
13
Early Palæozoic Fossils of various Species of Lingula
14
Fossilized Footprints of a Labyrinthodont, Cheirotherium
15
Pterichthys Milleri
17
Fossil of Cladoselache
18
Sharks and Ganoids of the Devonian Period
19
A Carboniferous Swamp
22
Skull of a Labyrinthodont, Capitosaurus
23
Skeleton of a Labyrinthodont: The Eryops
24
A Fossil Ichthyosaurus
27
A Pterodactyl
28
The Diplodocus
29
Fossil of Archeopteryx
32
Hesperornis in its Native Seas
33
The Ki-wi
34
Slab of Marl Rich in Cainozoic Fossils
35
Titanotherium Robustum
38
Skeleton of Giraffe-camel
40
Skeleton of Early Horse
40
Comparative Sizes of Brains of Rhinoceros and Dinoceras
41
A Mammoth
44
Flint Implements from Piltdown Region
45
A Pithecanthropean Man
46
The Heidelberg Man
46
The Piltdown Skull
47
A Neanderthaler
49
Europe and Western Asia 50,000 years ago
Map 50
Comparison of Modern Skull and Rhodesian Skull
51
Altamira Cave Paintings
54
Later Palæolithic Carvings
55
Bust of Cro-magnon Man
57
Later Palæolithic Art
58
Relics of the Stone Age
62
Gray’s Inn Lane Flint Implement
63
Somaliland Flint Implement
63
Neolithic Flint Implement
67
Australian Spearheads
68
Neolithic Pottery
69
Relationship of Human Races
Map 72
A Maya Stele
73
European Neolithic Warrior
75
Babylonian Brick
78
Egyptian Cylinder Seals of First Dynasty
79
The Sakhara Pyramids
80
The Pyramid of Cheops: Scene from Summit
81
The Temple of Hathor
82
Pottery and Implements of the Lake Dwellers
85
A Lake Village
86
Flint Knives of 4500 B.C.
87
Egyptian Wall Paintings of Nomads
87
Egyptian Peasants Going to Work
88
Stele of Naram Sin
89
The Treasure House at Mycenæ
93
The Palace at Cnossos
95
Temple at Abu Simbel
97
Avenue of Sphinxes at Karnak
98
The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak
99
Frieze of Slaves
101
The Temple of Horus, Edfu
103
Archaic Amphora
105
The Mound of Nippur
107
Median and Chaldean Empires
Map 110
The Empire of Darius
Map 111
A Persian Monarch
112
The Ruins of Persepolis
113
The Great Porch of Xerxes
113
The Land of the Hebrews
Map 117
Nebuchadnezzar’s Mound at Babylon
118
The Ishtar Gateway, Babylon
120
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II
124
Captive Princes making Obeisance
125
Statue of Meleager
128
Ruins of Temple of Zeus
130
The Temple of Neptune, Pæstum
132
Greek Ships on Ancient Pottery
135
The Temple of Corinth
137
The Temple of Neptune at Cape Sunium
138
Frieze of the Parthenon, Athens
140
The Acropolis, Athens
141
Theatre at Epidauros, Greece
141
The Caryatides of the Erechtheum
142
Athene of the Parthenon
143
Alexander the Great
146
Alexander’s Victory at Issus
147
The Apollo Belvedere
148
Aristotle
152
Statuette of Maitreya
153
The Death of Buddha
154
Tibetan Buddha
158
A Burmese Buddha
159
The Dhamêkh Tower, Sarnath
160
A Chinese Buddhist Apostle
164
The Court of Asoka
165
Asoka Panel from Bharhut
165
The Pillar of Lions (Asokan)
166
Confucius
169
The Great Wall of China
171
Early Chinese Bronze Bell
172
The Dying Gaul
175
Ancient Roman Cisterns at Carthage
177
Hannibal
181
Roman Empire and its Alliances, 150 B.C.
Map 183
The Forum, Rome
188
Ruined Coliseum in Tunis
189
Roman Arch at Ctesiphon
190
The Column of Trajan, Rome
193
Glazed Jar of Han Dynasty
197
Vase of Han Dynasty
198
Chinese Vessel in Bronze
199
A Gladiator (contemporary representation)
202
A Street in Pompeii
204
The Coliseum, Rome
206
Interior of Coliseum
206
Mithras Sacrificing a Bull
210
Isis and Horus
211
Bust of Emperor Commodus
212
Early Portrait of Jesus Christ
216
Road from Nazareth to Tiberias
217
David’s Tower and Wall of Jerusalem
218
A Street in Jerusalem
219
The Peter and Paul Mosaic at Rome
223
Baptism of Christ (Ivory Panel)
225
Roman Empire and the Barbarians
Map 228
Constantine’s Pillar, Constantinople
229
The Obelisk of Theodosius, Constantinople
231
Head of Barbarian Chief
235
The Church of S. Sophia, Constantinople
239
Roof-work in S. Sophia
240
Justinian and his Court
241
The Rock-hewn Temple at Petra
242
Chinese Earthenware of Tang Dynasty
246
At Prayer in the Desert
250
Looking Across the Sea of Sand
251
Growth of Moslem Power
Map 254
The Moslem Empire
Map 254
The Mosque of Omar, Jerusalem
255
Cairo Mosques
256
Frankish Dominions of Martel
Map 260
Statue of Charlemagne
262
Europe at Death of Charlemagne
Map 264
Crusader Tombs, Exeter Cathedral
268
View of Cairo
269
The Horses of S. Mark, Venice
271
Courtyard in the Alhambra
273
Milan Cathedral (showing spires)
278
A Typical Crusader
280
Burgundian Nobility (Statuettes)
283
Burgundian Nobility (Statuettes)
284
The Empire of Jengis Khan
Map 288
Ottoman Empire before 1453
Map 289
Tartar Horsemen
291
Ottoman Empire, 1566
Map 292
An Early Printing Press
296
Ancient Bronze from Benin
299
Negro Bronze-work
300
Early Sailing Ship (Italian Engraving)
301
Portrait of Martin Luther
305
The Church Triumphant (Italian Majolica work, 1543)
307
Charles V (the Titian Portrait)
311
S. Peter’s, Rome: the High Altar
315
Cromwell Dissolves the Long Parliament
321
The Court at Versailles
323
Sack of a Village, French Revolution
325
Central Europe after Peace of Westphalia, 1648
Map 326
European Territory in America, 1750
Map 330
Europeans Tiger Hunting in India
331
Fall of Tippoo Sultan
332
George Washington
337
The Battle of Bunker Hill
338
The U.S.A., 1790
339
The Trial of Louis XVI
344
Execution of Marie Antoinette
346
Portrait of Napoleon
352
Europe after the Congress of Vienna
Map 353
Early Rolling Stock, Liverpool and Manchester Railway
356
Passenger Train in 1833
356
The Steamboat Clermont
357
Eighteenth Century Spinning Wheel
361
Arkwright’s Spinning Jenny
361
An Early Weaving Machine
363
An Incident of the Slave Trade
367
Early Factory, in Colebrookdale
368
Carl Marx
372
Electric Conveyor, in Coal Mine
376
Constructional Detail, Forth Bridge
378
American River Steamer
385
Abraham Lincoln
387
Europe, 1848-71
Map 391
Victoria Falls, Zambesi
395
The British Empire, 1815
Map 397
Japanese Soldier, Eighteenth Century
401
A Street in Tokio
403
Overseas Empires of Europe, 1914
Map 406
Gibraltar
407
Street in Hong Kong
408
British Tank in Battle
410
The Ruins of Ypres
411
Modern War: War Entanglements
412
A View in Petersburg under Bolshevik Rule
418
Passenger Aeroplane in Flight
423
A Peaceful Garden in England
426
THE SEA LADY
By H. G. Wells
ILLUSTRATED
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I. —The coming of the Sea Lady 1
II. —Some first impressions 30
III. —The episode of the various journalists 71
IV. —The quality of Parker 90
V. —The absence and return of Mr. Harry Chatteris 101
VI. —Symptomatic 133
VII. —The crisis 204
VIII. —Moonshine triumphant 285
FACING
PAGE
“Am I doing it right?” asked the Sea Lady
Frontispiece
“Stuff that the public won’t believe aren’t facts” 81
She positively and quietly settled down with the Buntings 90
A little group about the Sea Lady’s bath chair 134
“Why not?” 160
The waiter retires amazed 170
They seemed never to do anything but blow and sigh and rustle papers 180
Adjusting the folds of his blanket to a greater dignity 216
KIPPS
THE STORY OF A SIMPLE SOUL
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
Book I.
The Making of Kipps
PAGE
I. The Little Shop at New Romney 3
II. The Emporium 36
III. The Wood-Carving Class 64
IV. Chitterlow 88
V. "Swapped" 117
VI. The Unexpected 128
Book II.
Mr. Coote, the Chaperon
I. The New Conditions 169
II. The Walshinghams 201
III. Engaged 218
IV. The Bicycle Manufacturer 245
V. The Pupil Lover 259
VI. Discords 282
VII. London 309
VIII. Kipps Enters Society 354
IX. The Labyrinthodon 380
Book III.
Kippses
I. The Housing Problem 395
II. The Callers 424
III. Terminations 443
THE PLATTNER STORY AND OTHERS
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE PLATTNER STORY 2
THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR 29
THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM 47
IN THE ABYSS 71
THE APPLE 94
UNDER THE KNIFE 106
THE SEA-RAIDERS 126
POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN 142
THE RED ROOM 165
THE CONE 179
THE PURPLE PILEUS 196
THE JILTING OF JANE 213
IN THE MODERN VEIN 224
A CATASTROPHE 239
THE LOST INHERITANCE 252
THE SAD STORY OF A DRAMATIC CRITIC 262
A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE 274
THE OUTLINE OF HISTORY
H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
Introduction
VOLUME I.
Scheme of Contents, Volume I.
List of Maps and Illustrations
VOLUME II.
Scheme of Contents, Volume II.
List of Illustrations
Time Charts
Chronological Table
Index: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, X, Y, Z
(etext transcriber's note)
SCHEME OF CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE MAKING OF OUR WORLD
PAGE
Chapter I. The Earth in Space and Time 3
Chapter II. The Record of the Rocks
§ 1. The first living things 7
§ 2. How old is the world? 13
Chapter III. Natural Selection and the Changes of Species 16
Chapter IV. The Invasion of the Dry Land by Life
§ 1. Life and water 23
§ 2. The earliest animals 25
Chapter V. Changes in the Worldâ?Ts Climate
§ 1. Why life must change continually 29
§ 2. The sun a steadfast star 34
§ 3. Changes from within the earth 35
§ 4. Life may control change 36
Chapter VI. The Age of Reptiles
§ 1. The age of lowland life 38
§ 2. Flying dragons 43
§ 3. The first birds 43
§ 4. An age of hardship and death 44
§ 5. The first appearance of fur and feathers 47
Chapter VII. The Age of Mammals
§ 1. A new age of life 51
§ 2. Tradition comes into the world 52
§ 3. An age of brain growth 56
§ 4. The world grows hard again 57
§ 5. Chronology of the Ice Age 59
BOOK II
THE MAKING OF MEN
Chapter VIII. The Ancestry of Man
§ 1. Man descended from a walking ape 62
§ 2. First traces of man-like creatures 68
§ 3. The Heidelberg sub-man 69
§ 4. The Piltdown sub-man 70
§ 5. The riddle of the Piltdown remains 72
Chapter IX. The Neanderthal Men, an Extinct Race.
(The Early Palæolithic Age)
§ 1. The world 50,000 years ago 75
§ 2. The daily life of the first men 79
§ 3. The last Palæolithic men 84
Chapter X. The Later Postglacial Palæolithic Men, the First True Men.
(Later Palæolithic Age)
§ 1. The coming of men like ourselves 86
§ 2. Subdivision of the Later Palæolithic 95
§ 3. The earliest true men were clever savages 98
§ 4. Hunters give place to herdsmen 101
§ 5. No sub-men in America 102
Chapter XI. Neolithic Man in Europe
§ 1. The age of cultivation begins 104
§ 2. Where did the Neolithic culture arise? 108
§ 3. Everyday Neolithic life 109
§ 4. How did sowing begin? 116
§ 5. Primitive trade 118
§ 6. The flooding of the Mediterranean Valley 118
Chapter XII. Early Thought
§ 1. Primitive philosophy 122
§ 2. The Old Man in religion 125
§ 3. Fear and hope in religion 126
§ 4. Stars and seasons 127
§ 5. Story-telling and myth-making 129
§ 6. Complex origins of religion 130
Chapter XIII. The Races of Mankind
§ 1. Is mankind still differentiating? 136
§ 2. The main races of mankind 140
§ 3. Was there an Alpine race? 142
§ 4. The Heliolithic culture of the Brunet peoples 146
§ 5. How existing races may be related to each other 148
Chapter XIV. The Languages of Mankind
§ 1. No one primitive language 150
§ 2. The Aryan languages 151
§ 3. The Semitic languages 153
§ 4. The Hamitic languages 154
§ 5. The Ural-Altaic languages 156
§ 6. The Chinese languages 157
§ 7. Other language groups 157
§ 8. Submerged and lost languages 161
§ 9. How languages may be related 163
BOOK III
THE DAWN OF HISTORY
Chapter XV. The Aryan-speaking Peoples in Prehistoric Times
§ 1. The spreading of the Aryan-speakers 167
§ 2. Primitive Aryan life 169
§ 3. Early Aryan daily life 176
Chapter XVI. The First Civilizations
§ 1. Early cities and early nomads 183
§ 2A. The riddle of the Sumerians 188
§ 2B. The empire of Sargon the First 191
§ 2C. The empire of Hammurabi 191
§ 2D. The Assyrians and their empire 192
§ 2E. The Chaldean empire 194
§ 3. The early history of Egypt 195
§ 4. The early civilization of India 201
§ 5. The early history of China 201
§ 6. While the civilizations were growing 206
Chapter XVII. Sea Peoples and Trading Peoples
§ 1. The earliest ships and sailors 209
§ 2. The Ã?gean cities before history 213
§ 3. The first voyages of exploration 217
§ 4. Early traders 218
§ 5. Early travellers 220
Chapter XVIII. Writing
§ 1. Picture writing 223
§ 2. Syllable writing 227
§ 3. Alphabet writing 228
§ 4. The place of writing in human life 229
Chapter XIX. Gods and Stars, Priests and Kings
§ 1. Nomadic and settled religion 232
§ 2. The priest comes into history 234
§ 3. Priests and the stars 238
§ 4. Priests and the dawn of learning 240
§ 5. King against priests 241
§ 6. How Bel-Marduk struggled against the kings 245
§ 7. The god-kings of Egypt 248
§ 8. Shi Hwang-ti destroys the books 252
Chapter XX. Serfs, Slaves, Social Classes, and Free Individuals
§ 1. The common man in ancient times 254
§ 2. The earliest slaves 256
§ 3. The first â?oindependentâ? persons 259
§ 4. Social classes three thousand years ago 262
§ 5. Classes hardening into castes 266
§ 6. Caste in India 268
§ 7. The system of the Mandarins 270
§ 8. A summary of five thousand years 272
BOOK IV
JUDEA, GREECE, AND INDIA
Chapter XXI. The Hebrew Scriptures and the Prophets
§ 1. The place of the Israelites in history 277
§ 2. Saul, David, and Solomon 286
§ 3. The Jews a people of mixed origin 292
§ 4. The importance of the Hebrew prophets 294
Chapter XXII. The Greeks and the Persians
§ 1. The Hellenic peoples 298
§ 2. Distinctive features of the Hellenic civilization 304
§ 3. Monarchy, aristocracy, and democracy in Greece 307
§ 4. The kingdom of Lydia 315
§ 5. The rise of the Persians in the East 316
§ 6. The story of CrÅ"sus 320
§ 7. Darius invades Russia 326
§ 8. The battle of Marathon 332
§ 9. Thermopylæ and Salamis 334
§ 10. Platæa and Mycale 340
Chapter XXIII. Greek Thought and Literature
§ 1. The Athens of Pericles 343
§ 2. Socrates 350
§ 3. What was the quality of the common Athenians? 352
§ 4. Greek tragedy and comedy 354
§ 5. Plato and the Academy 355
§ 6. Aristotle and the Lyceum 357
§ 7. Philosophy becomes unworldly 359
§ 8. The quality and limitations of Greek thought 360
Chapter XXIV. The Career of Alexander the Great
§ 1. Philip of Macedonia 367
§ 2. The murder of King Philip 373
§ 3. Alexanderâ?Ts first conquests 377
§ 4. The wanderings of Alexander 385
§ 5. Was Alexander indeed great? 389
§ 6. The successors of Alexander 395
§ 7. Pergamum a refuge of culture 396
§ 8. Alexander as a portent of world unity 397
Chapter XXV. Science and Religion at Alexandria
§ 1. The science of Alexandria 401
§ 2. Philosophy of Alexandria 410
§ 3. Alexandria as a factory of religions 410
Chapter XXVI. The Rise and Spread of Buddhism
§ 1. The story of Gautama 415
§ 2. Teaching and legend in conflict 421
§ 3. The gospel of Gautama Buddha 422
§ 4. Buddhism and Asoka 426
§ 5. Two great Chinese teachers 433
§ 6. The corruptions of Buddhism 438
§ 7. The present range of Buddhism 440
BOOK V
THE RISE AND COLLAPSE OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
Chapter XXVII. The Two Western Republics
§ 1. The beginnings of the Latins 445
§ 2. A new sort of state 454
§ 3. The Carthaginian republic of rich men 466
§ 4. The First Punic War 467
§ 5. Cato the Elder and the spirit of Cato 471
§ 6. The Second Punic War 475
§ 7. The Third Punic War 480
§ 8. How the Punic War undermined Roman liberty 485
§ 9. Comparison of the Roman republic with a modern state 486
Chapter XXVIII. From Tiberius Gracchus To the God Emperor in Rome
§ 1. The science of thwarting the common man 493
§ 2. Finance in the Roman state 496
§ 3. The last years of republican politics 499
§ 4. The era of the adventurer generals 505
§ 5. Caius Julius Cæsar and his death 509
§ 6. The end of the republic 513
§ 7. Why the Roman republic failed 516
Chapter XXIX. The Cæsars between the Sea and the Great
Plains of the Old World
§ 1. A short catalogue of emperors 52
§ 2. Roman civilization at its zenith 529
§ 3. Limitations of the Roman mind 539
§ 4. The stir of the great plains 541
§ 5. The Western (true Roman) Empire crumples up 552
§ 6. The Eastern (revived Hellenic) Empire 560
BOOK VI
CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM
Chapter XXX. The Beginnings, the Rise, and the Divisions of Christianity
§ 1. Judea at the Christian era 569
§ 2. The teachings of Jesus of Nazareth 573
§ 3. The universal religions 582
§ 4. The crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth 584
§ 5. Doctrines added to the teachings of Jesus 586
§ 6. The struggles and persecutions of Christianity 594
§ 7. Constantine the Great 598
§ 8. The establishment of official Christianity 601
§ 9. The map of Europe, A.D. 500 605
§ 10. The salvation of learning by Christianity 609
Chapter XXXI. Seven Centuries in Asia (CIRCA 50 B.C. TO A.D. 650)
§ 1. Justinian the Great 614
§ 2. The Sassanid Empire in Persia 616
§ 3. The decay of Syria under the Sassanids 619
§ 4. The first message from Islam 623
§ 5. Zoroaster and Mani 624
§ 6. Hunnish peoples in Central Asia and India 627
§ 7. The great age of China 630
§ 8. Intellectual fetters of China 635
§ 9. The travels of Yuan Chwang 642
LIST OF MAPS AND ILLUSTRATIONS
PAGE
Life in the Early Palæozoic 11
Time-chart from Earliest Life to 40,000,000 Years Ago 14
Life in the Later Palæozoic Age 19
Australian Lung Fish 26
Some Reptiles of the Late Palæozoic Age 27
Astronomical Variations Affecting Climate 33
Some Mesozoic Reptiles 40
Later Mesozoic Reptiles 42
Pterodactyls and Archæopteryx 45
Hesperornis 48
Some Oligocene Mammals 53
Miocene Mammals 58
Time-diagram of the Glacial Ages 60
Early Pleistocene Animals, Contemporary with Earliest Man 64
The Sub-Man Pithecanthropus 65
The Riddle of the Piltdown Sub-Man 71
Map of Europe 50,000 Years Ago 77
Neanderthal Man 78
Early Stone Implements 81
Australia and the Western Pacific in the Glacial Age 82
Cro-magnon Man 87
Europe and Western Asia in the Later Palæolithic Age 89
Reindeer Age Articles 90
A Reindeer Age Masterpiece 93
Reindeer Age Engravings and Carvings 94
Diagram of the Estimated Duration of the True Human Periods 97
Neolithic Implements 107
Restoration of a Lake Dwelling 111
Pottery from Lake Dwellings 112
Hut Urns 115
A Menhir of the Neolithic Period 128
Bronze Age Implements 132
Diagram Showing the Duration of the Neolithic Period 133
Heads of Australoid Types 139
Bushwoman 141
Negro Types 142
Mongolian Types 143
Caucasian Types 144
Map of Europe, Asia, Africa 15,000 Years Ago 145
The Swastika 147
Relationship of Human Races (Diagrammatic Summary) 149
Possible Development of Languages 155
Racial Types (after Champollion) 163
Combat between Menelaus and Hector 176
Archaic Horses and Chariots 178
The Cradle of Western Civilization 185
Sumerian Warriors in Phalanx 189
Assyrian Warrior (temp. Sargon II) 193
Time-chart 6000 B.C. to A.D. 196
The Cradle of Chinese Civilization (Map) 202
Boats on Nile about 2500 B.C. 211
Egyptian Ship on Red Sea, 1250 B.C. 212
Ã?gean Civilization (Map) 214
A Votary of the Snake Goddess 215
American Indian Picture-Writing 225
Egyptian Gods—Set, Anubis, Typhon, Bes 236
Egyptian Gods—Thoth-lunus, Hathor, Chnemu 239
An Assyrian King and His Chief Minister 243
Pharaoh Chephren 248
Pharaoh Rameses III as Osiris (Sarcophagus relief) 249
Pharaoh Akhnaton 251
Egyptian Peasants (Pyramid Age) 257
Brawl among Egyptian Boatmen (Pyramid Age) 260
Egyptian Social Types (From Tombs) 261
The Land of the Hebrews 280
Aryan-speaking Peoples 1000-500 B.C. (Map) 301
Hellenic Races 1000-800 B.C. (Map) 302
Greek Sea Fight, 550 B.C. 303
Rowers in an Athenian Warship, 400 B.C. 306
Scythian Types 319
Median and Second Babylonian Empires (in Nebuchadnezzarâ?Ts Reign) 321
The Empire of Darius 329
Wars of the Greeks and Persians (Map) 333
Athenian Foot-soldier 334
Persian Body-guard (from Frieze at Susa) 338
The World According to Herodotus 341
Athene of the Parthenon 348
Philip of Macedon 368
Growth of Macedonia under Philip 371
Macedonian Warrior (bas-relief from Pella) 373
Campaigns of Alexander the Great 381
Alexander the Great 389
Break-up of Alexanderâ?Ts Empire 393
Seleucus I 395
Later State of Alexanderâ?Ts Empire 398
The World According to Eratosthenes, 200 B.C. 405
The Known World, about 250 B.C. 406
Isis and Horus 413
Serapis 414
The Rise of Buddhism 419
Hariti 428
Chinese Image of Kuan-yin 429
The Spread of Buddhism 432
Indian Gods—Vishnu, Brahma, Siva 437
Indian Gods—Krishna, Kali, Ganesa 439
The Western Mediterranean, 800-600 B.C. 446
Early Latium 447
Burning the Dead: Etruscan Ceremony 449
Statuette of a Gaul 450
Roman Power after the Samnite Wars 451
Samnite Warriors 452
Italy after 275 B.C. 453
Roman Coin Celebrating the Victory over Pyrrhus 455
Mercury 457
Carthaginian Coins 468
Roman As 471
Rome and its Alliances, 150 B.C. 481
Gladiators 489
Roman Power, 50 B.C. 506
Julius Cæsar 512
Roman Empire at Death of Augustus 518
Roman Empire in Time of Trajan 524
Asia and Europe: Life of the Period (Map) 544
Central Asia, 200-100 B.C. 547
Tracks of Migrating and Raiding Peoples, 1-700 A.D. 555
Eastern Roman Empire 561
Constantinople (Maps to show value of its position) 563
Galilee 571
Map of Europe, 500 A.D. 608
The Eastern Empire and the Sassanids 620
Asia Minor, Syria, and Mesopotamia 622
Ephthalite Coin 629
Chinese Empire, Tang Dynasty 633
Yuan Chwangâ?Ts Route from China to India 643
THE FIRST MEN IN THE MOON
By H. G. Wells
1901
CONTENTS
PAGE
I. MR. BEDFORD MEETS MR. CAVOR AT LYMPNE 1
II. THE FIRST MAKING OF CAVORITE 28
III. THE BUILDING OF THE SPHERE 41
IV. INSIDE THE SPHERE 54
V. THE JOURNEY TO THE MOON 61
VI. THE LANDING ON THE MOON 70
VII. SUNRISE ON THE MOON 77
VIII. A LUNAR MORNING 85
IX. PROSPECTING BEGINS 92
X. LOST MEN IN THE MOON 107
XI. THE MOONCALF PASTURES 115
XII. THE SELENITE'S FACE 132
XIII. MR. CAVOR MAKES SOME SUGGESTIONS 140
XIV. EXPERIMENTS IN INTERCOURSE 152
XV. THE GIDDY BRIDGE 161
XVI. POINTS OF VIEW 178
XVII. THE FIGHT IN THE CAVE OF THE MOON BUTCHERS 191
XVIII. IN THE SUNLIGHT 207[vi]
XIX. MR. BEDFORD ALONE 221
XX. MR. BEDFORD IN INFINITE SPACE 238
XXI. MR. BEDFORD AT LITTLESTONE 249
XXII. THE ASTONISHING COMMUNICATION OF MR. JULIUS WENDIGEE 271
XXIII. AN ABSTRACT OF THE SIX MESSAGES FIRST RECEIVED FROM MR. CAVOR 277
XXIV. THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE SELENITES 289
XXV. THE GRAND LUNAR 316
XXVI. THE LAST MESSAGE CAVOR SENT TO THE EARTH 340
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"I was progressing in great Leaps and Bounds" Frontispiece
"He gesticulated with his Hands and Arms" To face page 6
"I looked back at his receding Figure" "" 11
"I sat across the Edge of the Manhole and looked down into the Black Interior" "" 54
"We watched intensely" "" 87
"I realised my Leap had been too Violent" "" 101
"Insects," murmured Cavor, "Insects" "" 130
"There the Thing was, looking at Us" "" 137
"Bedford," he whispered, "there's a sort of Light in front of Us" "" 177
"The nearer I struggled, the more awfully remote it seemed" "" 236
"They carried Him into Darkness" "" 292
The Grand Lunar "" 322
THE FUTURE IN AMERICA
A SEARCH AFTER REALITIES
By H.G. Wells
1906
CONTENTS
CHAP. PAGE
I. The Prophetic Habit of Mind 1
II. Material Progress 21
III. New York 35
IV. Growth Invincible 49
V. The Economic Process 68
VI. Some Aspects of American Wealth 88
VII. Certain Workers 104
VIII. Corruption 116
IX. The Immigrant 133
X. State-Blindness 152
XI. Two Studies in Disappointment 167
XII. The Tragedy of Color 185
XIII. The Mind of a Modern State 203
XIV. Culture 223
XV. At Washington 236
The Envoy 254
ILLUSTRATIONS
FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Frontispiece
ENTRANCE TO BROOKLYN BRIDGE
STATE STREET, CHICAGO
WESTERN FARMERS STILL OWN THEIR FARMS
PLUMP AND PRETTY PUPILS OF EXTRAVAGANCE
NEW YORK'S CROWDED, LITTERED EAST SIDE
BREAKER BOYS AT A PENNSYLVANIA COLLIERY
INTERIOR OF A NEW YORK OFFICE BUILDING
WHERE IMMIGRANT CHILDREN ARE AMERICANIZED
HARVARD HALL AND THE JOHNSON GATE, CAMBRIDGE
A BIT OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
IN THE CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY
THE WAR THAT WILL END WAR
By H. G. Wells
CONTENTS
I Why Britain went to War 9
II The Sword of Peace 16
III Hands off the People's Food 23
IV Concerning Mr. Maximilian Craft 32
V The Most Necessary Measures in the World 40
VI The Need of a New Map of Europe 50
VII The Opportunity of Liberalism 60
VIII The Liberal Fear of Russia 69
IX An Appeal to the American People 80
X Common Sense and the Balkan States 89
XI The War of the Mind 97